• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.346-350
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• 2015

We report a measurement of the effective refractive index of a nematic liquid crystal (NLC) inside a Fabry-Perot (FP) etalon according to the applied electric fields. The effective refractive index of the NLC depends on the intensity of the applied electric field. A wavelength-swept laser with a polygon-scanner-based wavelength filter is used as a wide-band optical source to measure the effective refractive index of the NLC. The bandwidth of the optical source is greater than 90 nm around 1300 nm. The fabricated NLC FP etalon consists of glass substrates, gold layers as the electrodes with highly reflective surfaces, polyimide layers as the planar alignment layers, and an LC layer. Furthermore, we measured the Freedericksz transition voltages for three types of NLC FP etalons having thicknesses of $30.6{\mu}m$, $55.4{\mu}m$, and $108.8{\mu}m$. The Freedericksz transition voltages in the three cases are nearly equal. The measured effective refractive indices in the three cases decreased from 1.67 to 1.51 as the applied electric field intensity was increased. Beyond the threshold electric field, the effective refractive indices quickly decreased and eventually saturated at a value of 1.51 for all cases.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.95-98
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• 1996

• 한국광학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.221-228
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• 2017

프리즘 분광계를 사용하여 액체 상태와 고체 상태의 혼합 폴리머(NOA61, NOA84) 굴절률을 측정하였다. 먼저 속이 빈 작은 프리즘을 제작하고 UV (ultra-violet) 에폭시를 채운 다음 프리즘의 꼭지각과 최소 편향각을 측정하여 굴절률을 측정하였다. 고체 상태의 폴리머는 속이 빈 프리즘에 추가 구조물을 넣고 UV 에폭시를 경화하여 고체 폴리머가 채워진 프리즘을 제작하고 굴절률을 측정하였다. 액체 상태나 고체 상태인 경우 모두, 두 종류의 에폭시를 섞어서 혼합 폴리머를 만들고 혼합비를 조절하면서 굴절률을 측정한 결과 혼합비에 비례하는 굴절률 측정값을 얻었다. 이러한 결과는 UV 에폭시를 사용한 원통형 이중 미세 렌즈배열의 초점거리를 조절할 수 있는 방법을 제공한다.

• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제36D권9호
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• pp.50-55
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• 1999

단일모드 광섬유의 한쪽 측면을 코어 가까이 연마한 광섬유와 그 위에 덮혀진 정합액 사이의 광결합을 이용한 가변 광 감쇠기를 제안하였다. 광섬유모드와 방사모드사이의 결합으로 인하여 정합액의 미세한 굴절률 변화는 큰 광손실의 변화를 발생시킨다. 정합액의 열광학 효과를 이용하여 광손실을 제어하였다. 실리콘 V홈을 이용하여 측면 연마된 광섬유 블록(block)을 제작하였다. 실험결과 $5^{\circ}C$ 정도의 온도변화로서 감쇠량을 최대와 최소사이에서 제어 할 수 있었다. 제작된 소자의 편광의존성 손실은 0.5 dB이었고, 삽입 손실은 0.2dB 이었다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.95-99
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• 2013

We proposed and demonstrated a fiber optic sensor for detecting the thermo-optic coefficient of a liquid, based on a cascade of two different FBGs. One of the two FBGs was etched, and its cladding was removed, for evanescent wave coupling with an external liquid. The Bragg wavelength of the non-etched FBG was used as a reference for the temperature of the surrounding liquid. The refractive index (RI) and thermo-optic (T-O) coefficient of a liquid can be detected from the difference between the Bragg wavelengths of the two FBGs, and the variation of the difference in accordance with temperature.

• 센서학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.151-155
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• 2012

We have investigated a refractive index sensor based on a cladded plastic optical fiber taper. The optical transmission and sensing characteristics of the device were illuminated in terms of ray optics. The sensor devices showed that the optical transmittance strongly depends on the refractive index of the external medium surrounding the tapered region.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.195-198
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• 2014

In this paper, a measurement method to obtain the optical properties of a liquid base on a side-polished single mode fiber was proposed and demonstrated. The device showed periodic resonance coupling against wavelengths. The refractive index and dispersion characteristics of a liquid were calculated by use of the spacings of periodic resonance wavelengths of the device. The thermo-optic coefficient of the liquid was obtained by monitering the shift of resonance wavelengths of the devices with change of environmental temperature.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제23권11호
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• pp.891-895
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• 2010

Polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films were prepared by the phase separation method using the liquid crystal (E7) and prepolymers. This work investigated the electro-optical characteristics of various PDLC films. In order to have good contrast ratio, the polymer refractive index must be adjusted to the ordinary refractive index of the liquid crystal. The driving voltage of PDLC films were mainly affected by elastic deformation. E7-Ebecryl810-IOA-TMPTA-HMPPO system had good threshold voltage and driving voltage and E7-Ebecryl810-EHA-PEGDA-HMPPO system had good contrast ratio.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2009년도 9th International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.902-903
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• 2009

Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (PDLC) films were prepared using the phase separation method with liquid crystal and a newly developed prepolymer. This study investigated the electro-optic characteristics of the PDLC film at various temperatures. It was found that as temperatures increased, the voltage varied, and that the ordinary refractive index of the liquid crystal and the polymer refractive index in the composite had similar dependence at various temperatures.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.221-224
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• 2012

The present paper reports the comparative optical behavior of a pure nematic mixture E-24 and its anthraquinone dye doped sample. The variation in the ordinary and extraordinary refractive index ($n_o$, $n_e$) of the pure and dye doped samples with temperature has been discussed and it has been found that doped sample have a less refractive index compared to the pure sample. The variation in the order parameter for pure and doped samples with temperature has been discussed and it has been seen that the doped sample has a higher order parameter; the possible reasons have been discussed. The variations in birefringence and optical transmittance have also been presented here.